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New Jersey Devils 4 , Colorado Avalanche 3
Shots: 17 - 35
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:57/74=77 %, Challenges:22/37=57 %
PP: 0 of 2 (9 shots), Passing:79/91=86 %, Challenges:41/55=73 %
Attendance: 19040 of 19040 (Continental Airlines)
Ticket income: 575008 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:47 1-0
Paul Martin [1] (Alexei Zhitnik, Scott Gomez)
15:25 1-1
Milan Hejduk [15] (Joe Sakic, Martin Straka)
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29:34 1-2
Ian Laperriere [3] (Joe Sakic, Colin White)
29:56 2-2
Bryan Smolinski [13] (Paul Martin, Alexei Zhitnik)
30:54 2-3
Antti Laaksonen [5] (Curtis Brown, Ian Laperriere)
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51:24 3-3
Scott Niedermayer [2] (Brad Richards)
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60:42 4-3
Brad Richards [10] (Scott Niedermayer)
Penalty summary:
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24:12
Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for elbowing)
39:49
Ian Laperriere (5 min for fighting)
39:49
Scott Gomez (5 min for fighting)
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43:54
Andy Greene (5 min for attempt to injury)
59:42
Ian Laperriere (5 min for fighting)
59:42
Petr Vrana (5 min for fighting)
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New Jersey Devils scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Grant Marshall 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.40 6
R Bates Battaglia 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 -1 18.40 5
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 15.50 6
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18.00 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.10 6
C Petr Vrana 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 16.20 6
C Scott Gomez 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 1 14.30 6
C Brad Richards 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 18.00 9
L Sergei Brylin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 5
L Jay Pandolfo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 18.10 5
L Bryan Smolinski 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 15.50 6
L Dan LaCouture 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 21.10 7
D Matt Corrente 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 16.20 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 18.40 8
D Craig Rivet 0 0 1 7 1 6 0 1 25.00 9
D Andy Greene 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -1 16.50 5
D Paul Martin 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.30 7
D Scott Niedermayer 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 24.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 32 0 0 60.50 9
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Colorado Avalanche scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mark Rycroft 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
R Shean Donovan 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 14.10 8
R Cory Stillman 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 -2 17.10 6
R Milan Hejduk 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 20.20 7
C Tyler Arnason 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.20 5
C Curtis Brown 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 1 17.50 8
C Ian Laperriere 1 1 4 0 1 0 10 -2 13.20 8
C Joe Sakic 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 7
L Steve Konowalchuk 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 8.20 6
L Antti Laaksonen 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 14.10 7
L Richard Zednik 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 -2 17.20 6
L Martin Straka 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 21.00 7
D Johnny Boychuk 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 20.50 7
D Martin Skoula 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -2 18.40 6
D Colin White 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 21.30 7
D John-Michael Liles 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 19.30 7
D Brad Lukowich 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 21.30 6
D Ossi Väänänen 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 20.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Miikka Kiprusoff 4 0 13 0 0 60.50 4
G Sébastien Caron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Brad Richards
2nd star: Paul Martin
3rd star: Scott Niedermayer
Notes for New Jersey Devils:
-Scott Gomez notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Brad Richards scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Paul Martin finally ended his 25 game goal drought.
Notes for Colorado Avalanche:
-Milan Hejduk scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Martin Straka notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Ian Laperriere finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
-Antti Laaksonen ended his 7 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Ian Laperriere beat Scott Gomez in a fight.
-Ian Laperriere beat Petr Vrana in a fight.
Farm game result:
Albany River Rats 1( 33) , Hershey Bears 2( 16)
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1-0 ALB Jason Ryznar (Nik Antropov)
1-1 HER Bryce Cockburn (Arttu Luttinen, Cody McCormick)
1-2 HER Mitch Love (Brad Richardson)
Goalies: Frank Doyle - Yann Danis
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Montreal Canadiens 3 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 15 - 41
PP: 0 of 1 (2 shots), Passing:58/63=92 %, Challenges:23/41=54 %
PP: 1 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:89/102=87 %, Challenges:51/69=72 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 650954 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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02:25 1-0
Maxim Afinogenov [5] (Matt Cooke, Marc Savard)
09:05 1-1
Dion Phaneuf [2] (Erik Johnson, Antoine Vermette)
15:01 1-2
Lubomir Visnovsky [2] (Jaroslav Spacek, Antoine Vermette)PP
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28:19 2-2
Janne Niinimaa [2] (Matt Cooke, Marc Savard)
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40:53 3-2
Ruslan Salei [1] (Brian Rolston, Alex Kovalev)
54:37 3-3
Jeff Szwez [6] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Patrick Marleau)
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Penalty summary:
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08:45
Ivan Khomutov (5 min for fighting)
08:45
Keven Veilleux (5 min for fighting)
11:52
Jeff Szwez (2 min for cross-checking)
14:25
Kyle Chipchura (2 min for slashing)
16:31
Keven Veilleux (2 min for slashing)
19:57
Ivan Khomutov (5 min for fighting)
19:57
Kyle Chipchura (5 min for fighting)
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33:44
Ivan Khomutov (5 min for fighting)
33:44
Kyle Chipchura (5 min for fighting)
33:44
Ivan Khomutov (10 min game misconduct)
34:16
Chris Simon (5 min for fighting)
34:16
Janne Niinimaa (5 min for fighting)
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63:26
Chris Simon (5 min for fighting)
63:26
Alexander Edler (5 min for fighting)
Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 10.10 4
R Patrice Bergeron 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 -1 14.30 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 18.00 7
R Alex Kovalev 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 21.40 7
C Keven Veilleux 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 11.30 6
C Kyle Chipchura 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 -1 12.20 6
C Marc Savard 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 16.40 7
C Brian Rolston 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 22.40 7
L Joël Moisan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 6
L Josh Green 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 16.00 5
L Matt Cooke 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 17.00 7
L Henrik Zetterberg 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 23.40 7
D Alexander Edler 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 -1 15.40 5
D Janne Niinimaa 1 0 2 4 1 2 5 2 19.30 8
D Mathieu Schneider 0 0 2 6 0 4 0 0 28.50 8
D Brent Burns 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 -1 16.20 5
D Francis Bouillon 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 21.10 7
D Ruslan Salei 1 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 28.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Nikolai Khabibulin 3 0 38 0 0 65.00 10
G Carey Price 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Pat Rissmiller 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.40 5
R Vitaly Yachmenev 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 12.50 6
R Jeff Szwez 1 0 3 2 4 0 2 1 20.30 7
R Ronald Petrovicky 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 -1 22.10 8
C Ivan Khomutov 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 2.40 6
C Jiri Novotny 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 -1 16.00 7
C Antoine Vermette 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 23.10 8
C Patrick Marleau 0 1 4 3 0 3 0 0 23.20 10
L James Sheppard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.50 4
L Chris Simon 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 -1 11.10 4
L Alexander Frolov 0 0 6 2 1 2 0 0 22.20 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 4 3 4 3 0 0 23.20 8
D Brian Campbell 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -1 17.30 5
D Erik Johnson 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 15.50 7
D Lubomir Visnovsky 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 -2 30.50 9
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 -1 16.30 4
D Dion Phaneuf 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 20.20 9
D Danny Markov 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 -2 29.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ray Emery 3 0 12 0 0 65.00 4
G Martin Brodeur 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Nikolai Khabibulin
2nd star: Lubomir Visnovsky
3rd star: Maxim Afinogenov
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Matt Cooke notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Henrik Zetterberg had his 10 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Lubomir Visnovsky finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Ivan Khomutov fought Keven Veilleux in a fight.
-Ivan Khomutov beat Kyle Chipchura in a fight.
-Ivan Khomutov fought Kyle Chipchura in a fight.
-Chris Simon fought Janne Niinimaa in a fight.
-Chris Simon beat Alexander Edler in a fight.
Farm game result:
Quebec Citadelles 7( 22) , Rochester Americans 0( 15)
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1-0 QUE Curtis Murphy (Marcus Paulsson)
2-0 QUE Tyson Nash (Duncan Milroy, Eric Manlow)
3-0 QUE Jozef Balej (Tomas Plekanec, James Sanford)
4-0 QUE Eric Manlow (Matt D'Agostini)
5-0 QUE Tyson Nash (Tomas Plekanec)
6-0 QUE Dan Jancevski (Eric Manlow)
7-0 QUE Tyson Nash (Tomas Plekanec)
Goalies: Josh Disher - Martin Prusek